Whee! It's the day after Valentine's Day! Ugh, I definitely ate too much chocolate…anyhoo; here I am again, with nothing more important to do than write another chappie of this story. I'm still in the Valentine's spirit so there will probably be some remnants of the trashy romance novel I finished reading yesterday in the chapter…
I just realized that I never put a disclaimer on the last chapter. So apparently I own the characters but only for that chapter. It's true! Go read the weighty all-knowing law text! *tosses aforementioned text onto table, which consequently breaks from the heftiness*
Disclaimer: Nope. I still do not own anything. Except for my glorious new Orlando Bloom poster! It's huge! And he's so hot…*drools but then stops because drooling's kinda nasty*
Hooray! New reviewers! Thanks muchly to each and every one of y'all! Although you all reviewed in the middle of the night, how do y'all stay awake so long? *someone whispers info about time differences into my ear* Oh!…
Akai Kiniro~ Thank you so much for not only putting me on your favorite author list, but also on your author alert thingy! I feel so loved! And, yes, I try my hardest to come up with crazy plot twists. However, the confusion you feel is only fractional to that which I feel when I read over what I just updated and I'm thinking, "What the hell did I put that in there for?" so most of the time I'm trying to tie up loose ends that I left and trying not to confuse everybody even more. I know several good Inuyasha fics. Um, but I'll need you to give me the ratings and the pairings you like because I have a very long list…
Satori Blackthorn~ Hello again! Cool! I'm mean and awesome at the same time! How did I manage to pull that off? You're right; there is no such thing as too much chocolate. I had to repeat that in my head as I kept stuffing my mouth last night while I was watching 'The Princess Diaries'…I love that movie…And I am amazingly glad that you liked the kiss!
Whitney Lin~ It's okay; I have mood swings too. Mad, then happy, then shocked at the massive mood swing that took place which is evident of my bipolarness…yeah…Hope you had fun with your boyfriend! And about the Kaede killing, um, I don't really like her all that much so I was really going to kill her off but then the plot would sort of swing towards murder and then Inuyasha would feel all guilty and that's not too happy. *shrug*
Orion Kohaishu~ Fun name! How do you pronounce it? You'rewelcomeYou'rewelcomeYou'rewelcome! Ooh, angry red spell-check lines…Nah, Valentine's can continue for as long as you want it (or as long as the chocolate holds out :D). I'm glad you like my name! Not many people ask me about it (surprisingly). There's a story behind it but my friend's and I all have different versions of it but it mostly comes from my inability to multitask (like how I can't talk and think about something else at the same time…). Whee! I rock! Now go get some sleep! I figger you're still asleep because your review came in at like 3 in the morning; west coast, right? But still, it's like 9 and I'm still kinda sleepy…*collapses onto keyboard and begins drooling in sleep. Cause of narcolepsy probably due to the fact that author stayed up late watching Saturday Night Live and then 'Romancing the Stone' until 4…*
Anyhoo, that's all my reviews that I have as of right now. If I don't get around to your review this time, I swear I'll get around to it next time around because this isn't the last chapter! *boos can be heard resounding from all of those out in computerland* Fine, be that way. But it still isn't the last chappie.
Oh! To Mustard Yellow Sunshine, you're right. Everyone is really OOC. But I don't really have anything to compare them to so they sort of get stuck the way they are…
Okies, now all that is out of the way, I'll get along to the actual chapter! This one is the song Everything's Not Lost, by Coldplay, off their Parachutes cd. I've really been wanting to do a Coldplay track but none of their songs really fit any of the moods I was trying to create. But now it fits so here you go! This song is the last track on the cd but it's definitely one of the best. *sighs happily*
Chapter 10(?), Everything's Not Lost, by Coldplay and me…
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When I counted up my demons,
There was one for every good day,
So with the good ones on my shoulders,
I drove the other ones away.
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Kagome's eyes widened once again at the feel of Inuyasha's lips on hers. He had caught her mid-rant and her already jumbled thoughts just fell away. She tried to concentrate on the fact that Inuyasha thought that she was Kikyo but that concept dissolved when he cupped her face in his hands and said her name. He told her that he had wanted to kiss her for ages and then he kissed her again. The only thought Kagome had was that Inuyasha knew her name and that he was kissing her. Eventually she gave up thinking and concentrated instead on the hanyou kneeling in front of her. She tried to bring her arms up around the back of his neck but she was stopped by the ropes that kept her tied up. She pulled away quickly and, before Inuyasha had time to open his eyes, she pulled her arms up between them and looped them around his head. Inuyasha blinked at her. She grinned, pulled his head back down to her mouth, and kissed him once more.
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So if you ever feel neglected,
If you think that all is lost,
I'll be counting up my demons, yeah,
Hoping everything's not lost.
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Inuyasha growled deep in the back of his throat, sending shivers down Kagome's length. A small smile quirked at the corner of his mouth. The thought just kept running through his head that he had finally found what he was looking for. The past weeks had been a living hell, not knowing what he was meant to be doing or where he should go. He realized now that he had run from the one person whom he was meant to be with. But he had found her again and she wanted to be with him. He sighed at the relaxation that came with such a feeling. But now, there were more urgent matters to deal with. Kagome's hands had found his ears and they currently were stroking them along the bases. He shuddered and began kissing a trail along her neck until he arrived at the point where the neck meets the shoulder. He licked the spot a few times and then lightly bit it. Kagome gasped and Inuyasha smiled again. That should even the odds a little.
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When you thought that it was over,
You could feel it all around,
And everybody's out to get you,
Don't you let it drag you down.
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Kagome shifted, trying to find a more comfortable position. Inuyasha had her pushed up into the corner, with her tied feet lying straight out in front of her. His clawed hands slowly stroked up and down her sides, lightly tickling but quite arousing. Her head was stuck back into the juncture of the two walls, and try as she might, she couldn't get comfortable. She tried to tell Inuyasha, but all that came out was a little moan. She tried again, this time tugging lightly on a lock of his hair. He picked his head up, pulling her arms along with him, which caused her to fall onto his chest. They both tipped slightly at the precarious position they were in and Inuyasha fell over backwards. Kagome sat up slightly so that she could get a good look at him. She was lying on his chest and her feet had gotten tangled up in his haori. She couldn't move a bit, what with his head holding her wrists down. Inuyasha noticed this immediately and took advantage of his good luck. He wrapped his ankles around her feet to hold that end of her still and rolled over, taking Kagome with him. Kagome squeaked at the feel of having all of Inuyasha on top of her but the second he kissed her, she forgot all of that. He nibbled on her lower lip and she opened her lips to him gladly. His tongue went deep into her mouth, tasting her. She snaked her hands back through his hair until she found his ears once more, rubbing them until Inuyasha felt he would die with pleasure. He felt himself growing hard under the haori and realized what would eventually happen if they didn't stop soon. Much as he would like to continue, he needed to apologize to Kagome. He owed her that much after running off for all those weeks. Then, afterwards, if she could forgive him for his misdeeds, they might be able to continue their wild make-out session.
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'Cause if you ever feel neglected,
And if you think that all is lost,
I'll be counting up my demons, yeah,
Hoping everything's not lost.
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Kagome frowned when she felt one of Inuyasha's arms go back behind his head to slice the ropes with a claw. She gasped for breath when he pulled away and rolled off her to lie on his back on the floor beside her. After a few seconds of lying there with his eyes closed and trying to calm himself, he knelt down at her feet and sliced those ropes too. Kagome sat up and rubbed her ankles, looking straight into Inuyasha's dark golden eyes quizzically. He took a deep breath and said, "Kagome, I'm so sorry." Her gaze softened even more as she said quietly and understandingly, "It's okay, Inuyasha. I'm just glad that you're back." A helpless look crossed into his eyes and he said, "What happened when I was gone? Are you alright? What about Sango and Miroku? That brat Shippo? Where was I? Who did this to me?" He buried his face in his hands, guilt and remorse coming over him. Kagome blinked at the show of emotion that Inuyasha was showing, it was so uncharacteristic of him. She scooted over to him and wrapped her arms around his waist. Kagome whispered that it was all okay now, that Sango and Miroku were fine, that Shippo had been re-adopted by a clan of fox demons. She told him that she didn't know where he had been but that they would find out who had put a spell on him. She held him for a long time and eventually he wrapped his arms back around her and kissed her forehead. They laid down together on the wooden floor, enclosed in each other's arms, content to be together again.
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If you ever feel neglected,
If you think that all is lost,
I'll be counting up my demons, yeah,
Hoping everything's not lost.
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Okies, well I hope that was sweet enough for an after-Valentine's treat. I hope the make-out session was okay…sadly, I don't really have anything to base it on, only hearsay and my beloved trashy romance novels…oh well, I must go off and read The Odyssey for English class tomorrow, but I shall miss all of y'all till I get back!